Has Sarah Powell, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $31,093 in general payments to Sarah Powell, MD across 177 transactions between 2019–2025. Most Open Payments records nationally are meals worth under $20; a reported payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.

Does a payment mean Sarah Powell, MD did something wrong?

No. Federal law requires drug and device makers to report almost every transfer of value to a physician, including a $14 sandwich at a lunch presentation. Consulting fees, research funding and royalties to device inventors are ordinary, legal parts of medicine. This site reports what was disclosed; it makes no allegation.

Where does this information about Sarah Powell, MD come from?

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Payments come from Open Payments, published under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Billing and prescribing figures come from the Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners and Part D Prescriber public use files for 2024.

Sarah Powell, MD

Otolaryngology · Dakota Dunes, SDNPI 1861442915

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (54.3%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. accounts for 85.1% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $16,492, 6.0 times the $2,735 reported in 2019. Among otolaryngology clinicians in SD with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$31,093in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 177 payments — averaging $175.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$26K
Aerin Medical Inc.$2K
Stryker$2K
Sanofi$359
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$175
Smith+Nephew$158
plus $745 from 15 others

What the payments were for

Consulting fees$16,89654%
Speaking & faculty fees$2,9009%
Travel & lodging$5,83019%
Food & beverage$5,29317%
Education$1751%

General payments by program year

Who reported the general payments

Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.

Company	Payments	Total
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.	86	$26,475
Aerin Medical Inc.	12	$1,638
Stryker	18	$1,544
Sanofi	20	$359
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC	2	$175
Smith+Nephew	7	$158
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.	5	$136
Itamar Medical Inc	1	$135
GSK	8	$128
Hologic Sales And Service, LLC	2	$88
Optinose US, Inc.	3	$42
Lundbeck LLC	2	$39
Davol Inc.	2	$32
Intersect ENT, Inc.	2	$29
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$24
Integra Lifesciences Corporation	1	$21
Novartis	1	$17
Arrinex, Inc.	1	$17
Kaleo, Inc.	1	$13
Merck	1	$12
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$11

What the payments were tied to

Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.

Inspire$24,509
Vivaer RF Stylus$1,300
ENTELLUS - XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$858
Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$785
MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.$171
FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$144
CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$144
WatchPATONE$135

How this compares

$31,093 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 39 otolaryngology providers in South Dakota.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024

$141,596

Medicare patients

344

Services billed

1,152

What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.

Most prescribed under Part D

Drug	Claims	Cost to plans & patients
Azelastine Hcl	55	$1,065
Pantoprazole Sodium	160	$1,006
Ipratropium Bromide	42	$872
Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate	13	$500
Fluticasone Propionate	39	$211
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav	13	$193
Methylprednisolone	30	$186
Montelukast Sodium	32	$167
Ciprofloxacin Hcl	14	$153
Nortriptyline Hcl	27	$122
Famotidine	20	$102
Gabapentin	14	$78
Prednisone	39	$78
Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip	12	$59

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Other otolaryngology in Dakota Dunes

Reason FordDakota Dunes$4K
Thomas KennyDakota Dunes$3K
Catherine MernaDakota Dunes$473
Huan ZhangSioux Falls$28K
William SpanosSioux Falls$21K
Jack SchleiffarthRapid City$13K
Mark JamesonSioux Falls$10K
Jaishree LerewSioux Falls$7K
Chengetai MahomvaSioux Falls$3K
Gregory DanielsonSioux Falls$2K

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Where these figures come from

Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.

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